Textile fragment

Japanese

Edo period

19th century

Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave grounde with supplementary weft patterning

Dimensions Height x width: 8.5 x 9 cm (3 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Everett Fund

Accession Number84.418

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of floral motif in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a natural silk twill-weave ground.

Provenance84.417-84.552 were purchased for $150 of Louis Wertheimer at the Foreign Fair by the MFA on January 7, 1884